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document.write( "A young man 150cm tall cast a shadow that was 200cm long. His father's shadow cast at the same time of day was 240cm long. How tall was his father?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would draw out the problem to visualize it better then label.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  150cm/p = 200 cm/240cm   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(150)240  =  (200)p\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(150)240/200  =  (200)p/200<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(150)240/200 = p\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p=180 cm\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The fathers height is 180 cm\r<BR>\n" );
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